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Integrating inward attentiveness to Spirit with outward action — that’s what I love and
care about most in the Quaker Way. It’s my soul’s joy to nurture seeds of faithfulness
wherever they land, in individuals or groups, within or outside faith communities. So, the
aims of Quaker Connect closely align with who I am and how I see God working to heal
and guide us into fullness of Life.
I serve as a Congregational Companion to four Apprentice teams in Quaker Connect,
from both the first and second cohorts and three very different states. We meet monthly
via Zoom. I listen, encourage, help discern, and get to celebrate signs of renewal.
Visiting Apprentices’ varied communities intrigues me. Watching tiny seedlings of
Leadings emerge thrills me.
I’ve also appreciated watching the Quaker Connect program grow. In the first year,
groups fumbled for models. This second year, new groups can look back and marvel at
how other contemporary Quakers have connected their faith community’s gifts to their
neighborhoods. They see one church that hosted car shows, another that fed local
elders, or a Quaker meeting that started a free food pantry outside their meeting house.
These are small things done with hands-on love, right where they live. Small things that
came from inward listening, discerning in community, and doing the next small thing.
The Quaker Way lives on. Hallelujah!
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